Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-13
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The ant,-Mormon bill passed the
house yesterday.
The policy of obstruction still prevaiis
in the Indiana legislature.
The Austrian cabinet have decided to
increase the budget for the war depart
mens by over S. 100000.
Robert Evan Spronle wal hanged at
Victoria, B. q. yesterday for the alleged
murder OF Thcs. Keatings in Kootanay,
B. O., June /, 1885.
The speech Of Bismarck in the reich
stag Monday created 8 deep impression
in Paris, and the general opinion is that
1t does not increase the peace OF the ma
tion.
Van Wyck's senatorial chances are
waning 1T Lincoln and he is now en-
gagged in . desperate effort to rally the
democrats in his behalf. They refuse to
rally.
A dispatch from Monticello. KY
states that Granville Prewitt was hung
there yesterday in the presence OF 1900
people. His execution Was in atone-
ment for the murder of Jarvis Buck and
sister on October 10, 1886.
The executive council OF the Irish
National league OF America assembled
at Cincinnati yesterday, President John
Fitzgerald in the chair. Twenty-Five
states we're represented. A long series Of
resolutions was adopted on the "plan Of
campaign" in Ireland.
Yesterday. at London, Lord Iddes-
leigh was taken with q faint while
ascending the steps of Salisbury's Off
cial residence in Downing street. as he
was about to visit his lordship. He was
&aken to the prime minister's room,
where he almost Immediately expired.
The Congregational society in session
in. Redfeld, Dakota, located the college
for central Dakota In that city. The
citizens subscribed $4,000 IN cash and
about 5000 worth Of real estate.
Work on the college building will be
commenced early in the spring, and
pushed rapidly to completion.
Brakeman Wells, charged with being
responsible for the Rio disaster, was ar
raiGued at Portage Wisconsin, yesterday
for mansiaughter, and pleaded not gull
ty. His counsel promises to make sen-
sational developments when the trial
comes of. Wells will try to prove that
Conductor Haney caused the accident.
The national farmers congress, in
session at Washington, adopted resolu-
tions urging the passage by congress OF
the following bills: To make the com-
missioner Of agriculture q cabinet officer;
to extend the benefits Of the signal
service to farmers; to regulate inter.
i tate m and the Hatch expert
mental bill.
Tuesday night at midnight, while the
s5uth.bound passenger train on the
Missouri Pacific was approaching Dun
bar, Nebraska, at q speed OF thirty miles
an hour, the engine left the track with
out warming and went plunging down o
high and steep emhankment, followed
By every oar OF the train. The engineer
was killed and several others badly
hurt.
The executive committee OF the min
ers' and laborers' division OF the knights
of labor. which includes the entire an.
thracite coal field. held . session at
Hazleton, Pennsylvania yesterday and
resolved so declare q general strike of all
employees engaged in mining and the
preparation OF coal going to places at
footed BY the strike Of Nav Jersey oosl
handlers. This will throw ont about a
hundred thousand miners.